Blood occult peroxidase activity qualitative gastric at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER

1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$4.47 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $153.94 with Coventry National First Health — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.47
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.47
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.47
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.47
United MGMCD $4.56
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $4.83
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $4.92
Molina Healthcare CHIP $4.92
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $4.92
Molina Healthcare STAR $4.92
Oscar MGMCR $5.21
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $5.32
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $5.32
United AllPayerAppendix $5.32
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.32
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $5.32
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.32
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.32
United SmallGroup $5.32
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $5.32
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $5.32
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $5.32
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.32
BCBS MCRPPO $5.32
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $5.32
WellMed MGMCR $5.35
Van Lang IPA MCR $5.37
United MCR $5.43
WellCare MCRHMO $5.48
WellCare POS $5.48
WellCare PFFS $5.48
WellCare PPO $5.48
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $5.48
WellCare SNP $5.48
American Health Plan MGMCR $5.59
Humana MCD $5.59
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $5.59
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $5.59
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $5.59
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $5.59
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $5.59
Superior Health Plan PFFS $5.59
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $5.59
Shared Health MGMCR $5.59
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $5.64
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $5.64
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $5.64
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $5.64
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $5.64
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.76
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.76
Molina MGMCR $5.80
Verda Health Plan MCR $6.92
Community Health Choice HIX $7.71
Superior ValueHMO $7.71
Superior EPO $8.25
Superior HMO $8.25
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10.75
Molina Healthcare HIX $11.44
BCBS BAV $11.86
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $12.93
BCBS HMO $14.84
Oscar HIX $15.37
BCBS EPOSOA $15.91
BCBS PPO $16.97
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $17.33
Superior Health Plan STAR $17.33
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $17.33
Superior Health Plan CHIP $17.33
Superior Health Plan STARKids $17.33
Aetna QHPExchange $19.47
Cigna CSN $22.30
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $24.15
Aetna NBHMO $25.90
Aetna NBPOS $25.90
Aetna NBPPO $25.90
Aetna COMMPPO $27.51
Aetna COMMPOS $27.51
Aetna COMMHMO $27.51
Cigna PPO $28.74
Aetna OONHMO $32.32
Aetna OONPOS $32.32
Aetna OONPPO $32.32
Aetna ASAHMO $34.95
Aetna ASAPPO $34.95
Aetna ASAPOS $34.95
United OptionsPPO $48.52
Humana PPO $57.56
Humana HMO $57.56
Evry Health BroadNetwork $78.85
BCBS Traditional $101.09
United GlobalAppendix $129.97
Coventry National First Health COMM $153.94
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Blood occult peroxidase activity qualitative gastric at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $11.90 $3.83 – $34.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $11.90 $3.83 – $34.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $4.38 – $22.30
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $4.47 – $22.30
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $103.10 $4.79 – $20.48
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $47.15 $4.47 – $58.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $47.04 $7.80 – $70.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $44.37 $4.47 – $55.46

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